melodiesoflife | Intro Log || This Keeps Happening

Intro Log || This Keeps Happening

Characters: All the "Heroes of Light" (only new characters can start threads).
Where: Aqures Ixen.
When: The 5th of January. The new Heroes of Light will awaken early in the morning.
Summary: The new Heroes of Light awaken in Aqures Ixen and are informed by their assigned Moogles of what the situation and what their destinies are. This a log for them to react to the situation, meet each other and be welcomed by the former batches of Heroes of Light.
Warning: Snow. Also some leftover decorations from Christmas.

Where you were or what you were doing— It does not really matter. Not any more. Within an instant, the world around you collapses. Reality twists and shatters... Or maybe you are the one who is collapsing and shattering away from reality as you knew it. No matter what the answer is, it will only take a few seconds for you to find yourself sinking into a void, your world vanishing into the distance. There is nothing but darkness as far as the eye can see. Even you feel different: all the powers you might once have had, are now gone. It is silent, cold and it feels as though life itself is slipping out of you.

At this moment, when it looks as though nothing but a never-ending void awaits you, a red Crystal forms before you. In this void, its warmth compels you to grab it. Upon doing so, you can hear a soft, soothing voice speaking:

"Wake up."

Soon, the void itself vanishes and is replaced by distant noises of engines. Had it all been nothing more than a dream? The soothing voice repeats its call one more time, but is soon replaced with a much less graceful "Wake up Kupo." Hand clutched on your Crystal, the call of the Moogle may finally wake you up. But you are no longer in your world, nor in the void. You are before the Crystal of Fire, in the third district of a city called Aqures Ixen. At this point, you may realize the engine noise actually originates from an Airship flying low over the city and headed to dock beneath the castle. As if it wasn't strange enough, your clothes have changed as well. They are now a reflection of the Jobs you are wielding. Last but not least, you are surrounded by Moogles, small and fluffy creatures who are more than happy to tell you about everything you want to know, about your 'destiny' as a Hero of Light, about what awaits you.

Or at least, they will tell you everything they do know, which isn't much in the end.

The only people around you are like you-- There are quite a few of them, all clothed in their Job garbs and most likely wondering what is happening. If somehow you do not realize it, the Moogle who woke you up will be more than happy to inform you there are others like you around. In fact, there are other Heroes who have arrived in the course of the past year and they will come soon! Like you, they have Jobs and a Crystal.

If asked, the Moogles will mention that the Heroes of Light - that is to say you - are fighting against time to save Crystallis from the Calamity that is about to awaken to devour the entire world. Sounds terrible? Welcome to Crystallis.

The Other Heroes
— Shortly Thereafter —
Thanks to the efficiency of Mognet, it does not take long for the other Heroes to come around: those who arrived in this world within the past year. You may have imagined heroic and charismatic figures when your Moogle told you that there were other Heroes of Light in this city. You may have imagined persons with fearsome powers when they told you about how they managed to push back the Empire and defeat gigantic beasts in the past. And more importantly, you may have imagined them as people who would have all the answers to your, doubtlessly, numerous questions.

If so, you may be up for a tragic disappointment. Still, for the most part they know more than you on the situation and may be more than happy to fill you in, especially if your Moogle didn't tell you much.

The City of Aqures Ixen
— Anytime —
With Christmas being barely over, there are still Christmas Decoration in the streets, and while the reconstruction are nearly over, there are still traces of the attack the Empire led against the city six months ago. A few buildings are being worked on.

And besides the decorations and reconstructions, there are a lot of things to do in the city for newcomers. A few groups of Triple Triad players are playing before Mognet Office in the ninth district, and a Blitzball Match is set to start at 20:00 in the stadium! Characters are also free to visit the city-- Mognet Office just behind the Triple Triad games is filled with Moogles, most of them discussing about the election for the future director of Mognet. They can also visit Airship Port in the twelfth district from where characters can board for free Airships from Shoopuf Airline.

Or maybe you could visit your new house in the 11th District, and get to know your new neighbors and housemate. Hopefully your neighbors are people you will get along with.

The Laboratory
— Anytime —
A location where a lot of Heroes of Light seem to be gathering is Palitutu's Laboratory. It is a place where employed characters can research into various topics. However, most importantly, characters can see a file with their name...

Should your character decide to go there and peek at their file, there are two possibilities. Either the file is corrupted and they cannot access it: too bad for them, but at least their life will remain a mystery. Or should you decide the file isn't corrupted, they will find a summary of their lives up to their canon point, as if written by a third-person omniscient narrator. On the column left to the text, to the top there is a portrait of them, and beneath it there is a 3D model of them. Said portrait and model can be switched to any year of their life. At the bottom there is a percentage, indicating 0%. On the right column, there are various links, most of which are grayed out. The clickable links lead to their Homeworld History and their future post-canon point history (corrupted file for unfinished canons).

At least, they can lock this file away if they don't want anyone to see it.

The Hospital
— Anytime —
Characters who have already been in Crystallis before do not wake up by the Crystal of Fire like everyone else. Instead, they will wake up in the Hospital of Aqures Ixen, in a room where there are over a hundred of other Heroes of Light like them-- Maybe even some familiar faces... Except they're all in Crystal Stasis.

A couple Moogles and a few nurses will be waiting by the room, and they will welcome all characters waking up. Upon exiting the room, they will also meet a lot of guards, and they all have for order to shoot anyone that comes out of this room without a Moogle. Hopefully you won't try running out without waiting for your Moogle. As for why the guards are so on edge, it might be a good idea to ask the other Heroes of Light about what happened a couple months ago.

Close Encounters of the Third(?) Kind
— 15:00 —
Characters venturing by between the city's outskirts and the Chocobo Farm at this specific time will be able to see a most peculiar sight: a flying saucer seemingly abducting a Chocobo before flying away and disappearing into the sky without leaving any traces of its presence. If your character do see it, hopefully there will be someone with them. Otherwise, nobody will believe their story.

Was it an UFO or just a hallucination? Previous sightings of such a thing have happened. It might be a good idea to investigate this sometimes...

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( continued & shoe-horned in... )

She was the one that was supposed to have an old hand in the apology game. Funny, she didn't think there was any reason for him to say those words either... and maybe, just for now at least... it was better not to think about it any more.

There was an enthusiastic shake of her head at that. Even if she had plans she was supposed to attend to, it all seemed hardly important compared to this. To his finally being here...

"Why don't I show you more of the city?" if he'd just arrived, there was a chance that he was still getting used to things, and everyone knew Yuna had a penchant for helping. Memories of dragging him all around the stadium in Luca surfaced from the corners of her mind, thoughts, happy moments she had been denying herself... for fear that they'd remain phantoms forever.

But there was no need for it now, and as she looked at him, she couldn't help but feel a brightness, a warmth radiating from him... just like the sun.

If Yuna wanted to not think about what happened, he was fine with playing around. Distracting people (and himself) was his specialty.

"Sure, I'd like that." He smiled softly. He would have understood if she had other things to do, but he was glad she didn't. Now that she had found him, he didn't want to leave her side any time soon. If he were being honest, though, he probably would have tagged along with her if she was busy. He was her Guardian. It wasn't an excuse, not at all.

He poked his head back in the locker room to yell a quick and mindless goodbye, ignoring whatever his teammates said, or just not paying attention in the first place.

"Where to first?"

Edited 2016-01-13 11:03 (UTC)

"Come on, this way!" she couldn't help it, riding the high that she felt in that moment. Without even realizing it she had reached for his hand and moved to take a hold of it, rushing excitedly out of the locker room area and out into the open city's sky. Taking a moment to look up at the bright sun, although the winter's cold had long since set in, she had never felt warmer. A cozy, familiar feeling. It was... ... nice.

"Well... you already know about the stadium now, which was really the most surprising thing about Crystallis," it had been for her at least, upon her own arrival. "But since it's close by, I'll show you Mognet Central!" With that, she was off again, feeling lighter than she had in a long time, and leading the way to the Ninth District.

"You know," Yuna started, slowing her pace just a little and lowering her head sheepishly, "before this, and before the war... I thought that moogles were... just sort of like mythical creatures, but..." as she approached the building, which seemed to be brimming with white-fluffed excitement and activity, "just like the helped us during the Conflict, here in this world they're really something! Mognet Central is where they sort and send all of our letters, delivering them by hand-- er, paw," she chuckled just a little at her own expense.

Edited (reasons i shouldnt tag after a 14hr shift) 2016-01-14 19:41 (UTC)

Vaan had been wandering, a bit aimlessly, in the Ninth District with Montblanc in tow. He chewed absently on a candied apple he'd filched, Montblanc keeping silent this time about his thieving habits. Why lecture when Vaan was clearly depressed still about his friend's crystallization? But Vaan suddenly perked up, mid-bite, as he watched Yuna pull a blond young man that he was pretty sure he'd seen before to MogNet Central. Wasn't that the guy...?

The sky pirate followed along, silently for now, as he listened in on their chatter. It was Yuna's little joke that broke their silence, with Montblanc snorting. "You can say hand, kupo, we wouldn't be offended."

"Be nice, Mont." Well, that was certainly a switch, Vaan chastising his Moogle?

Tidus laughed. He felt warm from seeing her so happy, and he ran with her, his eyes fixated on the hand that grasped his. There were still a lot of things he wanted to say, but right now he was just enjoying the moment.

"Mognet Central?" Maybe he should have been paying more attention. He found himself looking around. Some of what he saw was familiar, other stuff was new, especially when they approached the Ninth District.

"I thought moogles were just stuffed animals. When I first got to Spira," He had learned that wasn't the case, at least not everywhere, during the war. He found himself smiling without realizing he was at her little chuckle. "So we're going to their--"

He turned his head when he heard the moogle. A moogle, especially this close to Mognet Central, wasn't that surprising. When he saw Vaan though, he stopped. He felt a little awkward at first, but he wasn't sure if Vaan recognized him.

"Hey! It's you!" Because that explained everything.

"Vaan!" was the first thing that sounded from her when she turned, hearing the moogle's voice. "Ah..." her words stumbled slightly at Montblanc's quip, making a bit of heat burn into her cheeks. But when she quickly realized the situation, her eyes daring from Montblanc, to Vaan, to Tidus... then to their hands. Darkening a few shades deeper, she quickly released her grasp on the hand, trying -- and failing, to make it look natural.

"Um... I'm sorry, you're right," her head bowed slightly as she tried her best to shake off the spotlitght she found herself in. "Mmm-montblanc, wasn't it? I'll remember that, next time." Up until the conflict the only moogles Yuna had ever seen had been stuffed, after all.

But as the two blonds collided, she looked hopeful. "Vaan, this is..."

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Yuna's cheeks burning made Vaan grin slightly. Probably his first since Ashe had gone. But he looked to Tidus with his eyebrow raised. "It's me."

Although he was honestly surprised Tidus knew him. They'd only ever met between skirmishes and they hadn't been on the same side. Still, he'd known she cared for the Blitzball player, but last they saw each other... well, the guy was kind of mopey. He seemed a lot happier now and Vaan could see why, even if Yuna was clearly unsure of their public display. "That's right, kupo, I'm Montblanc."

He stepped closer, hands on his hips and he examined Tidus, rather exaggeratedly too. "Hm... Tidus, right? You're acting a lot less Chaotic than before. Yuna finally jog your memory?"

Because Vaan wasn't from Spira, Tidus didn't immediately retract his hand. When Yuna relinquished his, he suddenly looked to the side, humming to himself and probably making the whole action that much less subtle. He wasn't exactly uncomfortable, but this was new. He wanted to avoid comments about it.

"I thought it was funny," He remarked casually, returning his attention to Vaan. He managed to look sheepish, suddenly very fascinated by his shoes, but he didn't move away.

"Uhhh...something like that. Looks like we're on the same side now though!" Which he definitely preferred.

Tidus just seemed to have a way of washing Yuna's concerns out to sea. There was a small, grateful look his way as he insisted their quick laugh had been worth it, before turning back to Vaan and his moogle again. "It's... the same it was with us, I think. All of his memories are probably back," there was a quick, mismatched glance back at the blitzer. "Um, right?"

Had the War of the Gods been more forgiving on their minds, perhaps most of Chaos' warriors would never have had to fight for his ideals. She clasped her hands in front of her, offering Vaan a smile as she continued.

"He only just recently arrived, I was showing him some of the landmarks in the city," there was a nod to follow up her statement, she couldn't help it, she was elated, filled with energy. "Sort of like when you came, too," she added, with a quiet laugh.

Vaan nodded. He hoped they would be too. Terra's weren't, nor was Cloud's (although he was also a lot younger, so maybe it was a time thing). So there was always that possibility, but Yuna and Tidus, from what he remembered, knew each other before the Conflict.

"What do you mean, 'sort of'? You totally showed me around, think it took the whole day," Vaan smiled brighter as well and Montblanc rested himself on the young Sky Pirate's shoulder, to hide a nuzzle. He liked that Vaan was acting more himself. "Seriously Tidus, she's gonna totally run you ragged. Better get something to eat while you guys are at it."

He glanced up from his shoes and nodded, looking to Yuna and then Vaan. "Right! No lack of memories that I know of." Not that he would be aware if he was missing a couple of memories.

He felt grateful when the conversation moved on to something else. "Yeah, we were just looking around!" He was just happy to be with Yuna. He was filled with adrenaline and wanted to see the whole city if that's what Yuna chose to do. "Do you wanna run around everywhere again, Vaan?"

He groaned weakly when Vaan mentioned food though. When was the last time he ate?

"I-- I didn't!" Yuna's tone was an admonished one, her hands wringing together as she looked from Vaan, back to Tidus, then deflated just slightly -- though it was all in good fun. "Well... maybe a little," she couldn't help herself, running into family and friends that could actually remember her had become a bit of a rarity in Crystallis... So when Vaan had arrived, maybe she had gotten a little carried away -- something like now. She didn't even mind the teasing.

When she heard a groan though, she looked over Tidus's way, well, more towards his stomach at first, then up at him -- a bit unsure of where the noise had actually come from. It was enough to get her laughing again, as one of her hands crept up towards her mouth to try and stop herself. "Maybe we should head towards the market first, then."

She glanced between her two companions, "What do you say?"

When Yuna protested, Vaan only gave her a look and smirked when she relented and admitted the truth. Not that it mattered, it had been all in good fun and Vaan really hadn't minded. She had let him rest if needed and gotten food as well (no filching this time).

"Sure, I'll tag along. I could use something to eat," Vaan nodded. Montblanc groaned and waved his paw at him. "You just ate, kupo!"

"It was just an apple, totally not a meal."

"It was candied and big, kupo."

"Mont, seriously? You're just mad because I didn't pay for it." Montblanc only puffed in annoyance and crossed his little arms. Vaan shrugged at the other two. "Don't mind him. I'd be happy to tag along."

"I don't know. That does sound like Yuna. You get really excited when you get to show someone something," Tidus contributed to the teasing. This sense of normalcy was a nice change. Unlike their teasing in Djose, it actually felt sincere and not forced.

Tidus' smile was sheepish, then grateful. "Yeah! The market's an important place anyway, right?" He wasn't sure how it would be hard to navigate but he was really hungry so he tried to be as convincing as possible. He raised his eyebrows at Vaan and Montblanc's exchange, until he found himself laughing at them, not bothering to stop himself.

"Okay, so we're all going."

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